The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1887-07-02

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tbirtv.e;cbt hoor;nr tomn. = 49, -,
: davs the locator. - tel. 49,. l;,,.
BY bullets three wer. b,r;sd !, ~,
creations bv cave ;ns .nd +bs 80 dr;s..,
away with the tide Of imm;.rat;on ~
become Loaf in ohl;v;on ~ d;sd ~ -.
buried in naunsr., graves csorr. u
Fryer. from whom Tho ceIshr.t.,
'Fryer's Hilln Of Teadv;lle der;va, 4,
name, died at Denver not long AGO from
an overdose Of morphine administered n
his own hand. Two wears nrev;ons r.
his death he was worth million or so
but he died pauper and almost without
a friend.
Old virginny, after whom the "Conso.
lidated Virginia" was named. and who
sold his claim for S25, pony and a
bottle of whisky, came to his death BY
an overdose from bucking mule near
Dayton, New.
Bill Bodie, the discovercr Of the great
Standard mine in Mono county. Califor.
MIA. slept his life away in q suowstorm
while making his way to the mines.
Colonel Storey, who gave his name to
the county in Nevada where the Com.
stock is situated, was killed in battle bv
the Pyramid Lake Indians.
Thos. Page Comstock died a bepgar in
strange land. ''Old Pancake. !" as he
was known in the mining camps. com.
mitted suicide at Bozeman, Montana, on
Sept. p, by shooting himself. He WA.
the leader Of the famous Big Horn az.
petition that was sent out by Nevada
capitalists in search Of the Lost Cabin
mines. supposed to be somewhere among
the Big Horn Mountains. The expe.
dition was = failure, and Com,tock
whether from disappointment or some |
other cause, while encamped near Boze. |
man, drove pistol ball through his head |
md died instantly. He wa, buried there |
snd his grave is unmarked and unknown
Near the wild spot, where. twelve
years before, the hidden treasure. -
Alder Gulch were first revealed to him
William Fairweather was laid down n
est. Like poor "Old Pancake th;.
cratic soul stranded on the shoal. If
although each in hi, d,v had
urned key-the one silver and the
'tber golden-which unlocked million.
OF others, but nothing for themselve.
William Farrell, who ..struckp Meadow
AXE. died victim to remorse in one ~
he leading hospitals Of San Frsro;.oo
haunted by the spirits Of one tbor,.nd
eluded pioneers and prospector. n,,s;ro
nd repassing his diving bedn The lo
ator Of the famous Home.t.k. i ~.
lack Hills, is said 70 have ,ft.rv.ra
arned road agent. Time. going h,rd
nth him he sttempted 10 .ton . .t.a.
,aded and prepared for int .,ch s,nss
encies, and he vas planted alonos;da -.
Dad by the tender hearted e.nrss. .o.,..
,hom he had tried 10 ,oh ~ L;n
[omer, Of the Homer district folIo~sa
, the suicidal tracks az rou.to,L A..
small fortune i. ~. -.
rains out in the .treet. II s,n ~
Isco. Douobnut R;u ana E..... y ,
.else Austin, LLOYD M.yrud.r .N;ns
lille Clark. " George H.nL;n,on H..
hummer and acora. n 49,. Ill,
iolent deaths in one nav ~ ....n.
,apsd nothing from the ricb srd. ...h !
ad made in bis dav noroh,.. p:r
lantsd in the Lone Nfounta;r osrs,.,.
Utah, in 1883. . lons .r.vs 49,
hits pine tree in frontier mimi. TO-.
California tall, wh.r. ~, "n,s ~
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